The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-03-31

cock neat Youngstown, Ohio. He 10 In
jail, and came near being lynched.
The grand jury Of Victoria county, N:
B.. at Edmonton found an indictment
against Hon. John Costigau. minister oil
inland revenue, for bribery in tho recent
elections. Indictments were also found
against his chief convassers. 1.-THE charge
is proved Costigah will be compelled, un-
der the statute. to resign his position in
ting in tho commons.
The river at Yankton has reached high
water mark. A large section of the Mil.
waukee track at Vermillion was wept way
by tho rising waters:
Tho Goddard Brothers, proprietors OF
the Argus. at Sioux Fall, OAK, have formed
er and Mail Offices: The consolidated pa
per will be known as the Sioux Falls Ar.
gus Leader.
The lumber manufacturing season will
open in the La Crosse district about April
Is. with twelve mills in operation having
an aggregate capicity for tho season. saw
ing days only, OF 200, 100000.
The steamer Chesapeake, belonging to
Capt. w. p. Hall. running between Mem.
phis and Tiptonville, Tenn, burned at New
Madrid, Mo: She was valued at 1000;
insured LOT $l5,OO
The Russian rouble has deprecated to a
lower point than it reached during the Rus
so-Turkish war of 1877.78 It's normal
price used to be 80 pence. It il now quoted
at FL pence, and will probably 60 lower.
Hon. Samuel H. Treat, Judge OF the Unit
ed States district court for tho Southern
district OF Illinois, died recently.
William r. Traverse OF New York died in
Burmuda on the 10th inst.
The new minister to Liberia, Mr.. C. H.
j. Taylor, will leave for his post about the
middle OF April.
The Sanderson steel works, Syracuse, n.
Y, were destroyed by fire. The loss is up
ward Of $4,000:
At Sioux Falls, the engine house OF the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad
caught fire and burned to the ground, to-
gether with the water tank, ice h ouse and
quite q quantity OF wood.
OF Wisconsin. In Milwaukee it averages a
foot on the level, and is correspondingly
hea vier in the northern counties.
John English of Columbus, Ohio, who re-.
Gently married Miss Jessie Hatcher, the
prima donna of the McCaull Opera COM
pany, is worth 100000.
The commissioner of the general land Of
fee. in letter to the secretary OF the in
terror, recommendation criminal proceed
ings be instituted against Charles Reder
Of Bakeryville, Dak., for failure to dispose
Of undertrush and timber refuse in order
to prevent the spread of the forest fires
over land from which he has removed the
timber.
A Miss Berger, an actress, claiming
Duluth as her home. had a row in q New
York restaurant, with Max Mansfield,
editor OF a German weekly. Some sharp
words passed between the two, when the
actress Strengthened herself out and shout.
struck out la Sullivan. Blood flowed
from the editors nose. his eye began to
close, and his mouth was discolored. Mr..
Mansfield attempted to stop the flow OF
blood. while Miss Berger. embracing her
opportunity, renewed the battle, and rain.
ed blow after blow on his face with telling
effect.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has made a practical test OF the PROPOSE
ton to heat by steam and thus avoid the
use OF stoves, which generally set fire to
trains when serious accidents happen. The
heating steam was allowed to escape into
the cars thr ough ordinary radiators, such
as are used in dwelling houses. The supply
The president is embarrassed with TWEEN.
ty-two applicants for the vacant District
OF Columbia judgship, one being Hawkeye.
The commissioner of pensions etates
that 2S7, 1875 applications are now before
his office for adjudication. Claims arc be.
ing filed at the rate OF 1000 a week.
=, Secretary Lamar refuses request OF the
Southern Pacific Railroad company to is-
sue a patent for certain land selected by
the company, because Eill FORGETTING the
grant is pending in congress.
Emma e. ID. Nickerson was granted d.
vorce from her husband, Major Azor H.
Nickerson, with the custody of her children,
and permission to resume her maiden
name. The grounds for the divorce we're
adultery and cruelty. It appeared from the
evidence that while Mrs. Nickerson was
abroad her husband procured divorce in
Philadelphia by fraud, and was married
again in Baltimore to a Washington lady.
Upon Mrs. Nickerson's return she had the
Philadelphia divorce set aside. and began
proceedings for a divorce in Washington
The Philadelphia court had meanwhile in.
dicted the Major for fraud and perjury.
These matters coming to the attention OF
the War Department court-martial was
ordered, but Major Nickerson forestalled
action on its part by departing for Canada,
mitted that his wife was entitled to the d..
vorce, and Judge Merrick granted it will
ingly.
Charles Colburn, u messenger in one oil
the executive departments in Washington,
has been dismissed, and along with his exit
comes the story that he was a modern
shylock. One OF the auditors of the treas
ury department., who had rented house
in a fashionable quarter OF the city, was
surprised to discover, when the end of the
month rolled around, that his landlord
was none other than one OF the messengers
in his bureau, Charles Colburn Further
inquiry developed the fact that Colburn
had been loaning throughout the depart
ment to impecunious clerks and others,
extorting in return an interest OF ten per
cent a month. The fellow had $40, 600,
and kept it going SO fast that it Melted him
$S,O0Oa year. He offered to work for
nothing if allowed to stay in his position,
but he was fired without mercy
Peter Smith, who is to hang May 5 for
the murder of John Harmon. is believed
to have murdered his aged father one year
previous to lannon's killing, to secure
$4,000 OF his fathers money.
Thomas Harding he Glendale stage rob-
Der, was hanged. J. II. Duffency. his coun.
sci, had an interview with Harding and
asked him to make statement, if he knew
anything about the killing OF Ferguson, as
he owed it to himself a nd his God Harding
said: THE same statement made before
my trial l make now. am innocent. !
know nothing for or against the parties
now in prison as accessories During the
tying of his hands and feet he requested
the sheriff to take off his slippers. He was
asked il the moose was too tight and re-.
marked lin a lew minutes it will be tighter "
His last words were "Iforgive everybody"
James Kearney left New York 70 Cana.
da, with 100000.
The record of the court-martial case oi
Maj. F. W. Benteen, 9th Cavalry, who was
charged with drunkenness at Fort Duquesne
has been received at the War Department
for action by the President. This means
that his sentence is dismissal. 1t is
thought very likely. however. that the